Journal Articles

                                                      2025

1. Wai Yar Aung, Suraj Gautam, Dipendra Gautam* (2025). "Damage mechanisms and seismic vulnerability of building structures following the 2025 M 7.7 Mandalay earthquake sequence, Myanmar," Engineering Failure Analysis, 180: 109849. 

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2. Giovanni Forte, Melania De Falco, Antonio Santo, Dipendra Gautam, Nicoletta Santangelo (2025). "Flash flood impacts and vulnerability mapping at catchment scale: Insights from Southern Apennines," Engineering Geology, 350: 107988. 

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3. Suraj Malla, Purushotam Dangol, Dipendra Gautam* (2025). "Experimental characterization and capacity assessment of GFRP retrofitted AAC block masonry," Engineering Failure Analysis, 175: 109595. 

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4. Nimesh Chettri, Pema Leki, Tenzin Kelzang Dorji, Kinley Dorji, Dipendra Gautam* (2025). "Mechanical characterization and numerical modeling of adobe walls with additives in normal and interlocking configurations," Journal of Building Engineering, 111: 113454.

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5. Dipendra Gautam*, Rabindra Adhikari, Rewati Baruwal, Dipesh Thapa, Lalit Bhatt, Simon Olafsson, Bjarni Bessason, Rajesh Rupakhety (2025). "MCMC aided Bayesian period-height formulation for RC buildings with solid brick infills using system identification," Engineering Structures, 322: 119104.

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6. Dipendra Gautam*, Rabindra Adhikari, Simon Olafsson, Rajesh Rupakhety (2025). "System identification for  structural condition assessment: Application to critical neoclassical monuments in Nepal," Engineering Failure Analysis, 167: 108931.

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7. Shishir Sharma, Sameer Maharjan, Shreedhar KC, Dipendra Gautam* (2025). "Seismic fragility of medium-rise soft story SMRF building under near field, fling step, and far field excitations," Earthquake Engineering and Resilience,  4: 149-162.   

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8. Akanksha Kunwar, Rabindra Adhikari, Dipendra Gautam* (2025). "Multi-hazard vulnerability of code non-conforming RC buildings under earthquake followed by cascading landslide," Natural Hazards Research,  doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nhres.2025.01.013 

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                                                      2024

9. Dipendra Gautam*, Ankit Bhattarai, Rajesh Rupakhety (2024). "Machine learning and soft voting ensemble classification for earthquake induced damage to bridges," Engineering Structures, 303: 117534.

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10. Dipendra Gautam*, Rajesh Rupakhety (2024). "Nonlinear tree based regression ensemble modeling for repair cost prediction in earthquake damaged RC bridges," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 187: 108947. 

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11. Rabindra Adhikari, Lalit Bhatt, Rewati Baruwal, Dipendra Gautam*, Rajesh Rupakhety (2024). "Failure investigation of a propped cantilever truss bridge," Advances in Bridge Engineering, 5: 4.

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                                                       2023

12. Dipendra Gautam*, Rabindra Adhikari, Simon Olafsson, Rajesh Rupakhety (2023). "Dynamic identification of an aging prestressed concrete bridge using heavy vehicle excitation," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 173: 108127.

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13. Dipendra Gautam*, Rabindra Adhikari, Simon Olafsson, Rajesh Rupakhety (2023). "Damage description, material characterization, retrofitting, and dynamic identification of a complex neoclassical monument affected by the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake," Journal of Building Engineering, 80: 108152.

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14. Sajan KC, Anish Bhushal, Dipendra Gautam*, Rajesh Rupakhety (2023). "Earthquake damage and rehabilitation intervention prediction using machine learning," Engineering Failure Analysis, 144: 106949.

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15. Ajaya Pyakurel, Bhim Kumar Dahal, Dipendra Gautam* (2023). "Does machine learning adequately predict earthquake induced landslides?" Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 171: 107994. 

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16. Hariram Rimal, Piyush Pradhan, Dipendra Gautam*, Rajesh Rupakhety (2023). "Seismic fragility of aging elevated water tank with smooth bars considering soil structure interaction," Buildings, 13(1): 4.

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                                                        2022

17. Dipendra Gautam*, Nimesh Chettri, Karma Tempa, Hugo Rodrigues, Rajesh Rupakhety (2022). "Seismic vulnerability of Bhutanese vernacular stone masonry buildings: From damage observation to fragility analysis," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 160: 107351.

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18. Dipendra Gautam*, Rabindra Adhikari, Suraj Gautam, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Bhesh Raj Thapa, Suraj Lamichhane, Rocky Talchabhadel, Sunil Niraula, Komal Raj Aryal, Pravin Lamsal, Subash Bastola, Sanjay Kumar Sah, Shanti Kala Subedi, Bijaya Puri, Bidur Kandel, Pratap Sapkota, Rajesh Rupakhety (2022). "Unzipping flood vulnerability and functionality loss: Tale of struggle for existence of riparian buildings," Natural Hazards, 119: 989-1009.  

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19. Sunil Thapa, Yadin Shrestha, Dipendra Gautam* (2022). "Seismic fragility analysis of RC bridges in high seismic regions under horizontal and simultaneous horizontal and vertical excitations," Structures, 37: 284-294.

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20. Rabindra Adhikari, Rajesh Rupakhety, Prajwal Giri, Rewati Baruwal, Ramesh Subedi, Rajan Gautam, Dipendra Gautam* (2022). "Seismic fragility analysis of low-rise RC buildings with brick infills in high seismic region with alluvial deposits," Buildings, 12(1): 72.

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21. Nimesh Chettri, Govinda Dhaurali, Tekindra Neopaney, Tshering Cheki, Dipendra Gautam* (2022). "Wind vulnerability and strengthening of Bhutanese vernacular roofs," Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 13(1): 1511-1534. 

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22. Karma Tempa, Komal Raj Aryal, Nimesh Chettri, Giovanni Forte, Dipendra Gautam* (2022). "Sensitivity analysis of input ground motion on surface motion parameters in high seismic regions: A case of Bhutan Himalaya," Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22: 1893-1909. 

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23. Pushpa Mahat, Piyush Pradhan, Rabindra Adhikari, Andre Furtado, Dipendra Gautam*, Rajesh Rupakhety (2022). "Seismic sequence vulnerability of low-rise special moment-resisting frame buildings with brick infills," Applied Sciences, 12(16): 8231. 

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24. Roshan Ghimire, Piyush Pradhan, Dipendra Gautam* (2022). “Multi-hazard fragility analysis of RC bridges for high seismicity and high scouring scenarios,” The Journal of Engineering, 2022(6): 618-628. 

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25. Sajan KC, Rishav Adhikari, Bharat Mandal, Dipendra Gautam* (2022). "Mechanical characterization of recycled concrete under various aggregate replacement scenarios," Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 7: 100428. 

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26. Rabindra Adhikari, Pratyush Jha, Lalit Bhatt, Dipesh Thapa, Davide Forcellini, Dipendra Gautam (2022). "Failure investigation of under construction prestressed concrete bridge in Chitwan, Nepal," Infrastructures, 7(2): 14.

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                                                     2021

27. Dipendra Gautam*, Rabindra Adhikari, Rajesh Rupakhety (2021). "Seismic fragility of structural and non-structural elements of Nepali RC buildings," Engineering Structures, 232: 111879.

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28. Dipendra Gautam*, Rajesh Rupakhety (2021). "Empirical seismic vulnerability analysis of infrastructure systems in Nepal," Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 19: 6113-6127.

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29. Dipendra Gautam*, Saraswati Thapa, Sudeep Pokhrel, Suraj Lamichhane (2021). "Local level multi-hazard zonation of Nepal," Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 12(1): 405-423. 

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30. Nimesh Chettri, Dipendra Gautam*, Rajesh Rupakhety (2021). "Seismic vulnerability of vernacular residential buildings in Bhutan," Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 26(10): 5221-5236.

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31. Dipendra Gautam*, Rewati Baruwal (2021). "Strong far-field vertical excitation and building damage: A systematic review and future avenues," Advances in Civil Engineering, 8819064. 

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32. Karma Tempa, Nimesh Chettri, Komal Raj Aryal, Dipendra Gautam* (2021). "Geohazard vulnerability and condition assessment of the Asian Highway AH-48 in Bhutan," Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 12(1): 2904-2930. 

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33. Rajesh Khatakho, Dipendra Gautam*, Komal Raj Aryal, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Rajesh Rupakhety, Suraj Lamichhane, Yi-Chung Liu, Khamesi Mohamed Obaid Al Abdouli, Rocky Talchabhadel, Bhesh Raj Thapa, Rabindra Adhikari (2021). "Multihazard risk assessment of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal," Sustainability, 13(10): 5369. 

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34. Suraj Lamichhane, Komal Raj Aryal, Rocky Talchabhadel, Bhesh Raj Thapa, Rabindra Adhikari, Anoj Khanal, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Dipendra Gautam* (2021). "Assessing the prospects of transboundary multihazard dynamics: The case of Bhotekoshi-Sunkoshi watershed in Sino-Nepal border region," Sustainability, 13(7): 3670. 

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35. Mangeshkumar Shendkar, Denise-Penelope N. Kontoni, Sasankasekhar Mandal, Pabitra Ranjan Maiti, Dipendra Gautam (2021). “Effect of lintel beam on seismic response of RC buildings with semi-interlocked and unreinforced brick masonry infills,” Infrastructures, 6(1): 6.

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36. Sajan K.C., Dipendra Gautam* (2021). “Progress in sustainable structural engineering: A review,” Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 6: 68.

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37. Karma Tempa, Nimesh Chettri, Lily Gurung, Dipendra Gautam* (2021). “Shear wave velocity profiling and ground response analysis in Phuentsholing, Bhutan,” Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 6: 78.

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38. Nimesh Chettri, Dipendra Gautam*, Sanjay Chikermane, Vipul Prakash, Kiran Vaghela (2021). "Sustainability assessment of Bhutanese vernacular wattle and daub houses," Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 6: 210. 

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                                                     2020

39. Dipendra Gautam*, Rabindra Adhikari, Pratyush Jha, Rajesh Rupakhety, Mukesh Yadav (2020). “Windstorm vulnerability of residential buildings and infrastructures in south-central Nepal,” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 198: 104113. 

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40. Jagat Kumar Shrestha, Sujit Bhandari, Suman Pradhan, Dipendra Gautam* (2020). "Simplified frame model for capacity assessment of masonry buildings," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 131: 106056.

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41. Yaohan Li, You Dong, Dan M Frangopol, Dipendra Gautam (2020). “Long-term resilience and loss assessment of highway bridges under multiple independent natural hazards,” Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 16(4): 626-641.

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42. Dipendra Gautam*, Rabindra Adhikari, Rajesh Rupakhety, Pushkar Koirala (2020). “An empirical method for seismic vulnerability assessment of Nepali school buildings,” Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 18: 5965-5982. 

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43. Rishi Ram Parajuli, Aiko Furukawa, Dipendra Gautam* (2020). "Experimental characterization of monumental brick masonry in Nepal," Structures, 28: 1314-1321.

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44. Stephen Platt, Dipendra Gautam, Rajesh Rupakhety  (2020). "Speed and quality of recovery after the Gorkha earthquake 2015 Nepal," International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 50: 101689.

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45. Saraswati Thapa, Anup Shrestha, Suraj Lamichhane, Rabindra Adhikari, Dipendra Gautam* (2020). "Catchment-scale flood hazard mapping and flood vulnerability analysis of residential buildings: The case of Khando River in eastern Nepal," Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 30: 100704. 

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46. Sajan KC, Sanish Bhochhibhoya, Purushottam Adhikari, Prasanna Adhikari, Dipendra Gautam* (2020). "Probabilistic seismic liquefaction hazard assessment of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal," Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 11(1): 259-271.

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47. Jagat K. Shrestha, Suman Pradhan, Dipendra Gautam* (2020). "In-plane behavior of various brick bonds in masonry walls," Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 5: 58.

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48. Rajan Dhakal, Rajesh Rupakhety, Dipendra Gautam (2020). “System identification and seismic performance assessment of representative RC buildings in Kathmandu Valley,” Frontiers in Built Environment: Earthquake Engineering, doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2020.601116.

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                                                     2019

49. Dipendra Gautam*, Rajesh Rupakhety, Rabindra Adhikari (2019). "Empirical fragility functions for Nepali highway bridges affected by 2015 Gorkha earthquake," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 126: 105778.

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50. Rabindra Adhikari, Dipendra Gautam* (2019). "Component level seismic fragility functions and damage probability matrices for Nepali school buildings," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 120: 316-319. 

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51. Ashim Adhikari, K Rama Mohan Rao, Dipendra Gautam*, Hemchandra Chaulagain (2019). "Seismic vulnerability and retrofitting scheme for low-to-medium rise reinforced concrete buildings in Nepal," Journal of Building Engineering, 21: 186-199. 

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52. Ashok Pokhrel, Dipendra Gautam*, Hemchandra Chaulagain (2019). "Effect of variation on infill masonry walls in the seismic performance of soft story RC building," Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 20(1): 1-9. 

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53. Siddhartha Rimal, Ram Krishna Poudel, Dipendra Gautam* (2019). "Experimental study on properties of natural soils treated with cement kiln dust," Case Studies in Construction Materials, 10: e00223.

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54. Rabindra Adhikari, Pratyush Jha, Dipendra Gautam*, Giovanni Fabbrocino (2019). "Seismic strengthening of the Bagh Durbar heritage building in Kathmandu following the Gorkha earthquake sequence," Buildings, 9(5): 128.

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55. Suraj Malla, Sudip Karanjit, Purushottam Dangol, Dipendra Gautam* (2019). "Seismic performance of high-rise condominium building during the 2015 Gorkha earthquake sequence," Buildings, 9(2): 36.

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56. Prajwal Giri, Anand Dev Bhatt, Dipendra Gautam*, Hemchandra Chaulagain (2019). "Comparison between the seismic codes of Nepal, India, Japan, and EU," Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 20(2): 301-312.

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                                                     2018

57. Dipendra Gautam*, Giovanni Fabbrocino, Filippo Santucci de Magistris (2018). "Derive empirical fragility functions for Nepali residential buildings," Engineering Structures, 171: 617-628. 

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58. Dipendra Gautam* (2018). "Observational fragility functions for residential stone masonry buildings in Nepal," Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 16(10): 4661-4673.

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59. Dipendra Gautam*, Hugo Rodrigues (2018). "Seismic vulnerability of urban vernacular buildings in Nepal: Case of Newari construction," Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 25(1): 43-64.  

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60. Dipendra Gautam*, You Dong (2018). "Multi-hazard vulnerability of structures and lifelines due to the 2015 Gorkha earthquake and 2017 central Nepal flash flood," Journal of Building Engineering, 17: 196-201.

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61. Dipendra Gautam* (2018). "Ambient vibration measurement in representative buildings in Kathmandu valley following the Gorkha earthquake," Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 32(3), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001175

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                                                      2017

62.  Dipendra Gautam* (2017). "On seismic vulnerability of highway bridges in Nepal: 1988 Udaypur earthquake (M 6.8) revisited," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 99: 168-171.

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63. Dipendra Gautam* (2017). “Seismic Performance of World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu valley during Gorkha Seismic Sequence of April-May 2015,” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 31(5): 06017003, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001040

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64. Dipendra Gautam*, Filippo Santucci de Magistris, Giovanni Fabbrocino (2017). "Soil liquefaction in Kathmandu Valley due to 25 April 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake," Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 97:37-47.

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65. Andre Barbosa, Larry Fahnestock, Damon Fick, Dipendra Gautam, Rajendra Soti, Richard Wood, Babak Moaveni, Andreas Stavridis, Micheal Olsen, Hugo Rodrigues. (2017). "Performance of medium-to-high rise reinforced concrete frame buildings with masonry infill in the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake," Earthquake Spectra,33(S1): S197-S218.

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66. Hemchandra Chaulagain, Hugo Rodrigues, Humberto Varum, Vitor Silva, Dipendra Gautam (2017). "Generation of spectrum compatible acceleration time history for Nepal," Comptes-Rendus Geosciences, 349(5): 198-201.

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67. Dipendra Gautam*, Hemchandra Chaulagain, Hugo Rodrigues, Hemraj Shahi (2017). “Ground response based preliminary microzonation of Kathmandu valley,” Geotechnical Engineering, 48(4): 87-92

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68. Dipendra Gautam* (2017). "Assessment of social vulnerability to natural hazards in Nepal," Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 17(12): 2313-2320.

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69. Dipendra Gautam* (2017). "Unearthed lessons of 25 April 2015 Gorkha earthquake (Mw 7.8): Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Perspectives," Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 8(2): 1358-1382. 

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70. Dipendra Gautam* (2017). “Mapping surface motion parameters and liquefaction susceptibility in Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal,” Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 8(2): 1173-1184. 

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71. Dipendra Gautam, Bhesh Raj Thapa, Raghu N Prajapati (2017). "Indigenous water management system in Nepal: cultural dimensions of water distribution, cascaded reuse and harvesting in Bhaktapur City," Environment, Development and Sustainability,  20: 1889-1900.  

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72. Steven Wesnousky, Yasuhiro Kumahara, Deepak Chamlagain, Ian Pierce, Alina Karki, Dipendra Gautam (2017). “Geological observation on large earthquakes along the Himalayan frontal fault near Kathmandu, Nepal,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 457: 366-375.

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                                                     2016

73. Dipendra Gautam, Hemchandra Chaulagain (2016). “Structural performance and associated lessons to be learned in Nepal from world earthquakes after 25 April 2015 (MW 7.8) Gorkha earthquake,” Engineering Failure Analysis, 68: 222-243.

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74. Dipendra Gautam* (2016). “Empirical Correlation between Shear Wave Velocity (Vs) and Standard Penetration Resistance (SPT-N) for the Alluvial Soft Soil Deposit of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal,” Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 8(2): 496-508.

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75. Dipendra Gautam*, Giovanni Forte, Hugo Rodrigues (2016). “Site effects and associated structural damages in Kathmandu valley,” Earthquakes and Structures, 10(5): 1013-1032. 

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76. Dipendra Gautam*, Hugo Rodrigues, Krishna Kumar Bhetwal, Pramod Neupane, Yasushi Sanada (2016). “Common Construction and Structural Deficiencies of Nepalese Buildings,” Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 1: 1.

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77. Dipendra Gautam*, Jyoti Prajapati, Kuh Valencia Paterno, Krishna Kumar Bhetwal, Pramod Neupane (2016). “Disaster Resilient Vernacular Housing Technology in Nepal,” Geoenvironmental Disasters, 3: 1.

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78. Dipendra Gautam and Deepak Chamlagain (2016). “Preliminary Assessment of Seismic Site Effects in the Fluvio-lacustrine Sediments of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal,” Natural Hazards, 81(3): 1745-1769.

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                                                                            2015

79. Stephen Angster, Eric Fielding, Steven Wesnousky, Ian Pierce, Deepak Chamlagain, Dipendra Gautam, Bishal Nath Upreti, Yasuhiro Kumahara, Takashi Nakata (2015). “Field Reconnaissance after the April 25, 2015 M7.8 Gorkha Earthquake,” Seismological Research Letters, 86(6): 1506-1513. 

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